Police say 43-year-old Jason Montilla robbed a couple on Thursday night in an apartment on the 200 block of Locust Street in Columbia, Lancaster County.

He allegedly threatened the couple with a knife and screwdriver for several hours.

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MAN AFTER A HOME INVASION.
NEWS 8'S BARBARA BARR IS LIVE
WITH THE LATEST.
REPORTER: SOME TENSE MOMENTS
LAST NIGHT.
POLICE SAY THEY ARRESTED A
SUSPECT WHO HELD TWO PEOPLE AT
KNIFE POINT INSIDE A HOME ON THE
200 BLOCK OF LOCUST STREET.
IT HAPPENED AROUND 10:40 LAST
NIGHT.
WITH THE HELP OF LANCASTER CI
AND WEST HEMPFIELD POLICE,
OFFICERS ARRESTED 43-YEAR-OLD
JASON MONTILLA WITHOUT INCIDENT
SHORTLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
HE'S CHARGED WITH ROBBERY,
UNLAWFUL RESTRAINT, AND
TERRORISTIC THREATS.
WHEN POLICE ARRIVED ON LOCUST
STREET, THEY SAW TWO MEN INSIDE
A RESIDENCE.
NO ONE ANSWERED THE DOOR.
THEY ENTERED A NEIGHBORING
BUILDING, AND A TENANT TOLD THEM
THAT MONTILLA WAS HOLDING HER
BOYFRIEND HOSTAGE, THREATENING
HIM WITH A KNIFE AND
SCREWDRIVER, AND DEMANDING
MONEY.
EVENTUALLY POLICE WERE ABLE TO